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Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Tostada de tinga de zanahorias a la Jicara (en Oaxaca)

Okay folks. I've just come back from Mexico, where the food was fabulous and I have all sorts of renewed energy. I was in Oaxaca - and at a place called Jicara, I had a tostada of carrot tinga with lentil humus, sour cream and Parmesan cheese. Even though I took a cooking class there featuring much more traditional Oaxacan cuisine (post to follow), this was what was easiest to make in the U.S. with what I had on hand.

Zanahorias

What a perfect super-food

Creative to boot!

Ingredients:

lentils (approx 1 cup)

water

salt

garlic (1 clove)

corn tortillas

carrots (approx 1 cup)

chipotle chiles or peppers (in a can)

1/2 medium onion

1/2 medium roasted tomato

plain yogurt

Parmesan cheese

Rinse, soak and cook the lentils, over medium heat in enough water to cover them, approx 45 minutes.

Put one small tomato, or half of a medium tomato in the oven to roast (on foil on a cookie sheet at 375F for 25 minutes).

When the lentils and tomato are nearing completion, heat a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add olive oil and warm. Add chopped onions and cook until transparent.

Grate carrots in food processor and add to onions in the pan. Chop, grate, or process tomato and chiles and add to carrot mixture.